It revealed more competition between the different urchins, kelp, and other species in California, which slowed down the influence sea otters had on the entire system. The animals didn’t have as ...

The rich resources of Pacific kelp forests helped humans populate the Americas. Now depleted by as much as 95 percent, they ...

The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum ... helping to restore the giant kelp forests they rely on by removing their top predators, the sea urchins.

Chef Andrew Wilkinson of North Coast Seafoods hands out samples of kelp "meatballs" at an Introduction to Global Public Health class. (Photos by Lee Pellegrini) A new nutritious, sustainable, ...

The UK's first national conference on kelp ecology is being held in Brighton. Kelp forests once covered vast areas of the Sussex seabed between Selsey and Shoreham, but 96% of them had been ...

A study last year strengthened the link between recovering sea otter populations and the long-term health of kelp forests – the towering brown algae that provide food and shelter for thousands of ...